2Kw inverter under £300

Nabsim

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No idea :) I wouldn't be swayed by the saving from the "before" price of £479 though :cautious:
Ha ha no, that’s why I just said under £300 lol. Just thought someone may have come across them, I know folks who have bought solar from them and recommended so assuming a company who know their stuff. Was thinking that they wouldn’t badge their name if they were rubbish but hoped someone could shed some light.
Only ones I have seen at these prices for PSW have been dubious badging, it’s 4kw peak.
 

wildebus

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Ha ha no, that’s why I just said under £300 lol. Just thought someone may have come across them, I know folks who have bought solar from them and recommended so assuming a company who know their stuff. Was thinking that they wouldn’t badge their name if they were rubbish but hoped someone could shed some light.
Only ones I have seen at these prices for PSW have been dubious badging, it’s 4kw peak.
I understand your thought process there :)
Given a bunch of inverters at similar prices, makes sense to go for one badged by someone who actually cares about what they sell!

For a while now I have been checking the output quality of the Inverters I try out to see what they really look like. It is surprising just how many "Pure Sine Wave" Inverters are not that "Pure"! Not quite the chunky wave of a MSW one, but certainly not smooth either.
 

wildebus

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Is that what he bought? interesting.
As an aside, I find the continental Shucko plugs better than the UK13A plugs for an inverter in a van. They tend to hold more securely as the whole plug housing goes into the socket and not just the pins
 

Nabsim

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The Krueger unit isn’t a PSW inverter where the other one is although that may nor matter to me. The Sunshine Solar unit has 2x + and 2 x - battery cables. I have read documentation for both but still not sure if you can draw 2Kw from a single socket or if these are both in fact two 1Kw units in a single case. Is there a way to tell?
 

wildebus

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The Krueger unit isn’t a PSW inverter where the other one is although that may nor matter to me. The Sunshine Solar unit has 2x + and 2 x - battery cables. I have read documentation for both but still not sure if you can draw 2Kw from a single socket or if these are both in fact two 1Kw units in a single case. Is there a way to tell?
I don't know for sure but I would be very surprised if the dual sockets on any non-specialist inverter are not simply 2 sockets wired in parallel, no different to a domestic twin socket.

Having a pair of DC supply cables instead of one is fairly common with inverters. It is often cheaper and easier to use say 2 x 25mm cable then a single 50mm cable. It doesn't say what size the cables are, but they look like either 25mm (most likely) or 16mm.
Theoretically a 4000W Inverter could be drawing 333A at 12V and that could demand a cable size of 100mm2, but you would never use a cable that size. As an example, the Victron Multiplus 12/3000 (2400W normal, 6000W peak) specifies 2 x 50mm cable, or 2 x 70mm cable if over 5M long. A 100mm cable would be just too unwieldy to use. I have a much shorter run than 5M and use just one cable. When I used a 50mm cable I found it got relatively warm when pulling over 200A for any time, but when I changed it to 70mm cable it stayed cool.
 

Nabsim

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What do folk require them for,i have one to power my carver from van battery and fridge.
I am thinking of connecting up the immersion heater element that’s fitted to my calorifier for hot water Trev. If I am going to do that I may as well have it so I can also use the microwave. Saying that I would sooner junk the microwave as it’s only been used a couple of times to softer butter in the van lol
 

Nabsim

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I have seen some cheap Chinese 2Kw inverters where they are in fact 2 1Kw inverters with each of the two plug sockets providing 1Kw but sold as a 2Ks inverter. I was just trying to make sure whatever I get is in fact going to provide 2Kw if a single plug is connected 👍
 

Nabsim

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@wildebus where do you get your Shucko plugs from, not finding much choice so far and mainly adaptors which arent suitable for the load I don’t think?
 

wildebus

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I have seen some cheap Chinese 2Kw inverters where they are in fact 2 1Kw inverters with each of the two plug sockets providing 1Kw but sold as a 2Ks inverter. I was just trying to make sure whatever I get is in fact going to provide 2Kw if a single plug is connected 👍
Oh right. Not seen those and very misleading there.
 

Nabsim

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Looking at the calculator posted on the Immersion heater thread I am not sure if this is a good idea or not lol
 

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